Thursday, April 2, 2015

DC/Baltimore World Music and More Concert List April 2015

DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- April  2015

Compiled by Steve Kiviat

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International, roots, rap, soul and more at top and

***indie-rock and non-music stuff is at the bottom. Most sold-out shows omitted.

Look for additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog: stevekiviat.blogspot.com

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Online you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look for the  Rolling Outernational World Music 2015, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop2015,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads _____________________________________________________________________________

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April 2015 Highlights:

Sat. 4-4- Red Baraat’s Festival of Colors at the Howard Theatre at 7

Northeast Groovers 30th Anniversary show at 11 pm at Howard Theatre (go-go)

Dom La Nena (Brazilian/French) at Artisphere



Thurs. 4-16-Fatoumata Diawara at Artisphere (Malian singer & band )



Fri. 4-17--Tego Calderon at Cococabana in Hyattsville (Puerto Rican reggaeton & rap)

Tal National at Tropicalia (great band from Niger)

Mavado at Bliss (Jamaican dancehall)



Fri. 4-24-Gilberto Gil (Brazil) at Lisner



Plena Libre at Artisphere (great Puerto Rican group)



Sat.4-25-Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at DAR Constitution Hall POSTPONED to June

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Wed. 4-1

Joe Keyes and the Late Bloomer Band’s Gil Scott-Heron celebration at Bossa

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Thurs. 4-2

DJ night: rare international vinyl at Haydees



DhakaBraka at 6th & I



Feedel Band at Bossa

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Fri. 4-3

1st night of Passover



Adnan Sami at the Warner Theatre (Bollywood)



Indian Classical Music performance with Rupak Kulkarni on bansuri, Akhilesh Gundecha on pahkawaj and Hindole Majumdar on table from 7:30 to 9 at the Gandhi Memorial Center, 4748 Western Avenue, Bethesda, MD

*Raury at U St, Music Hall

Ashkan (Persian) at Neighbor’s Restaurant 262 Cedar Lane, Vienna



Iyanya at Bliss (Nigerian afropop dance music)



Black Masala at Creative Alliance

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Sat.  4-4

Red Baraat’s Festival of Colors at the Howard Theatre at 7



Northeast Groovers 30th Anniversary show at 11 pm at Howard Theatre (go-go)



Dom La Nena (Brazilian/French) at Artisphere



Alif Laila, sitar player at Art on the Green in Gaithersburg



Nu Look & Carimi (Haitian) at Cococabana



Anup Jalota (Indian Hindu devotional singer) at Cultural Arts Center, 7995 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring,MD

*Harold Melvin's Bluenotes at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Amkoullel & his new Africa Sound at Tropicalia

*Nipsey Hustle at Echostage

2nd night of Passover

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Sun. 4-5

4th Annual Sizdah Bedar 2015 Festival Feat. Black Cats (Pop Father of Persia) at Bull Run Regional Park at Special Events Center, Centreville, VA (13th day of Nowruz)



Benjamin Booker at 930 (blues rock)



Curren$y at Baltimore soundstage (rap)

*Mint Condition, Team Familiar & Black Alley at Echostage

Easter

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Mon. 4-6

Rumer at Jammin Java (Pakistani/UK pop)



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Tues. 4-7

Waxahatchee at Black Cat (alt-folk)



Dash Rip Rock at Hill Country Barbeque (roots rock)



Willis Allan Ramsey at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

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Wed. 4-8

Morgan Heritage (reggae) at the Howard Theatre



Willis Allan Ramsey at Gypsy Sally’s

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Thurs. 4-9

Stevie Wonder at Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore



Tribute to Billie Holiday at Amp



Big Lazy (nourish rock ) at Bossa



Jane Monheit at Barns of Wolf Trap



Nellie McKay at Jammin Java (cabaret folk pop)

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Fri.  4-10

Bowen-McCauley Dance “Victory Road” (with music by Jason & the Scorchers) at Kennedy Center



Grupo Vena at Cococabana



Jambao, Nene Malo, Bolivian Swing at the Palace



Tamagawa University Drums and Dancers( taiko drumming meets traditional Japanese dance,with nearly 30 drummers and dancers) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage



Luke Stewart presents "Heroes are Gang Leaders" featuring poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, and Luke Stewart on bass - MLK Library [901 G St NW, WDC] (Noon) (jazz and poetry)



 Maxi Priest at the Hamilton (reggae)



Jane Monheit at Rams Head Tavern Anapolis



Human Country Jukebox at Hill Country

*Chuck Brown Band at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Irish Music Masters at Creative Alliance

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Sat. 4-11

Bowen-McCauley Dance “Victory Road” (with music by Jason & the Scorchers) at Kennedy Center



Joe Veras at Trio in Baltimore



Sir Richard Bishop, Robert Millis, and Kohoutek at Clarendon Presbyterian Church,1305 N. Jackson, Arlington, VA (avante-garde & classical guitar w/ African & Balkan & middle eastern influences)

*Oishii Sound at Daikaya upstairs (international sounds)

Talib Kweli at Baltimore Soundstage



Muddy Waters 100th Birthday Celebration with the Nighthawks and special guests Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin & Daryl Davis at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (Two shows -- All-Ages Matinee and Evening show)



Bob Dylan at the Lyric



Elikeh at Rock n Roll Hotel

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Sun. 4-12



Saul El Jaguar at the Palace



singer/songwriter Jonny Grave presents the D.C. LeadBelly Showcase. He will be joined by fellow folk and blues musicians in a tribute performance to the music legend  for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage



Rhiannon Giddens - Lincoln Theatre (string-band folk & blues)



 Rob Mazurek's black Cube SP/Sao Paulo Underground at Bohemian Caverns 2001 11th Street, WDC (avante-Brazilian jazz)

 Rodrigo Amarante at  6th & I(Brazilian singer/songwriter)



Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles at Gypsy Sally’s

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Mon.  4-13



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Tues.  4-14

Eliane Elias at the Hamilton



Troublefunk at Rams Head Arunde Mills

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Wed. 4-15

Ana Tijoux at Black Cat (Chilean/French rapper) w/ Maracuyeah DJs

*Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

*Holmes Brother project at noon at Library of Congress

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Thurs. 4-16

*Emancipation Day concert! Featured performers include Eric Benet, Maysa, Raheem DeVaughn, Doug E. Fresh, Mali Music, Familiar Faces, Black Alley Band and Brian Lenair. This year’s free concert is from 4:30 to 8:30pm and concludes with a fireworks display, all at Freedom Plaza in DC

Fatoumata Diawara at Artisphere (Malian singer & band )



Average White Band at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis



Matuto and Rose Moraes at Creative Alliance

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Fri. 4-17 (my birthday!)

Rare Essence, DJ Kool and Troublefunk (go-go) at Fillmore



Tego Calderon at Cococabana in Hyattsville (Puerto Rican reggaeton & rap)



Tal National at Tropicalia (great band from Niger)



Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley (Latin jazz)



Eleanor  Ellis and Andy Cohen at Archie Edwards Blues Foundation, Riverdale



Urban Bush Women: Walking with 'Trane, Chapter 2 (dance performance dedicated to John Coltrane) at American Dance Institute in Rockville



Los Hermanos Arriola y Los Hitsong at the Palace in  Virginia



Mavado at Bliss (Jamaican dancehall)

*Tito Puente Jr & band at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club

Garland Jeffreys at Jammin Java (from NYC )

*Fatoumata Diawara at Black Rock in Germantown, MD (Malian singer 7 band)

Roseanne Cash at Strathmore

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Sat. 4-18

Bhangra Blowout at Lisner



Jesse Lege and Bayou Brew at Glen Echo



Global Citizen Earth Day: No Doubt, Usher, Fall Out Boy, Mary J Blige, Train, My Morning Jacket, Common, D'Ban, and hosted by Will.I.Am & Soledad O'Brien on National Mall Washington, DC at 11 AM



Mathew Dear at U St Music Hall (techno & techno-pop)

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley (Latin jazz)

* Hot Sardines (gypsy jazz) at 6th & I

“Ciudad Delirio” (salsa romance drama movie in Colombia) at AMC Mazza Gallerie at 9:15pm

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Sun. 4-19

Michelle Blackwell 15th Anniversary singing Go-go show at the Howard Theatre with Go-go Mickey, Gene Pratt, Cal Da Animal and more

*Generation Next: Ankita Tiwari, Akriti Kakar & Shilpa Rao (Bollywood playback singers) at the Warner Theatre

Los Buitres de Culiacan y Brazeros Musical de Durango at the Palace



Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn (matinee & evening shows) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

*  Emancipation Day Closing concert of African American music from the Civil War era: Washington Performing Arts’ Men and Women of the Gospel Choir under the direction of Stanley J. Thurston (Note this performance will take place at Christ Church, 620 G Street, SE)

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley (Latin jazz)



“The Glamour Boyz: Mighty Sparrow and Lord Superior on the Hilton Rooftop” movie doc at Landmark E St. at 5

*Jr. Walker's Allstar Band at Bethesda Blues and jazz

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Mon. 4-20

Lil Margie (DC soul singer) at Westminster Church from 6 to 9pm



Richard Thompson (sold out) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis



James McMurtry and Max Gomez  at the Hamilton

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Tues. 4-21

Lee Ann Womack (country) with Amanda Shires at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis



Waterboys at the Birchmere



Hurray for the Riff Raff at the 930 Club

* Bill Anderson, Mac Davis, Mo Pitney, and Pam Tillis (Country) at Library of Congress

The Glamour Boyz: Mighty Sparrow and Lord Superior on the Hilton Rooftop” movie doc at Landmark E St. at 6:30pm

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Wed. 4-22

Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, and Remy Banks at  Rams Head Live! Baltimore (rap)



Lee Ann Womack at the Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)



“Ciudad Delirio” (salsa romance drama movie in Colombia) at AMC Mazza Gallerie at 6:30pm

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Thurs. 4-23

Sin Frontera at Atlas (Cuban singer and band)



Sean Paul at DAR Constitution Hall (Jamaica)

* Freda Payne at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples, Remy Bank (rap) at the Fillmore (Postponed)

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Fri. 4-24

*“A Bourgeois Town”: Lead Belly in Washington, D.C., presented by Terika Dean,of Lead Belly Estate and Alvin Singh,of  Lead Belly Archive, for free from noon to 1pm at Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg Whittall Pavilion Ground floor.


Gilberto Gil (Brazilian legend) at Lisner



Plena Libre at Artisphere (great Puerto Rican group)

*Sierra Leone Independence celebration at Bliss nightclub, 2122 24TH PLACE NE DC

Jarabe DePalo at the Howard Theatre



Anthony Santos at Trio in Baltimore



Ismael Miranda and David Pabon at the Palace  (salsa)



Dwight Yoakam at  Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric (country)

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Sat.4-25

*Broccoli City Fest with rappers Tink, Joey Bada$$, Erykah Badu as Dj Lo Down at St. Elizabeth's East gateway Pavilion, 1100 Alabama Ave.

* Ute Lemper at 6th & I

*BYB at Howard

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at DAR Constitution Hall (postponed)

*Leadbelly Tribute at Kennedy Center with host Dom Flemons, plus Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Buddy Miller with Viktor Krauss as headliners, with special appearances by Alvin Youngblood Hart, Billy Hector, Valerie June, Shannon McNally, Josh White Jr., Lucinda Williams, and Dan Zanes, among others.

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival –at Wolf Trap (the Barns)



 Charm City Folk & Bluegrass Festival: the Travelin' McCourys, the Wood Brothers, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Seldom Scene, Cris Jacobs, the Bumper Jacksons, Grande Ole Ditch, Letitia Vansant, Chester River Runoff, Charm City Junction, Herd of Main Street, the Manly Deeds - Druid Hill Park , 2600 Madison Ave, Baltimore



Keith Sweat (r’n’b album release show) at Howard Theatre

*Troy Ave, Funk Flex, Quicksilva at Bliss DC

 Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival: Bluegrass Stage: Cabinet, Larry Keel, Walker's Run, Furnace Mountain, Bud's Collective, By & By, Big Chimney, Split String Soup, Ballad've, Laura Tsaggaris, Jonny Grave; Americana Stage: Kingsley Flood, Big Hoax Band, Luray, Justin Trawick & the Common Good, Lauren Calve Band, Karen Jonas Band, Annabeth, McNamara, Basswood; REI Stage: the Plank Stompers, NOtes from the Underground, Hollertown, Griff's ROom Band, the Stick Mob, Delafield String Band, Elena & Los Fulanos, Tom McBride; Island Stage 1: Gramophonic, the Hummingbyrds, 19th Street Band, Sara Curtin, Tomas Pagan MOtta, Devil & the Deep Blue Sea; Island Stage 2: the Beanstalk Library, Dead Professional, Sweet Yonder, LuLu's Fate, Roof Beams, Near Northeast - Kingman Island, 575 Oklahoma Ave NE, WDC

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Sun. 4-26

Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys at Glen Echo

* Nile Project at Clarice Smith Center

Dallas Black Dance Theatre at PG Publick Playhouse

*DC Reggae Awards at the Sip Lounge, 1812 Hamlin St. NE

Taj Mahal trio at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis



Houndmouth  at 9:30 Club (roots rock meets indie-pop)



John Mellencamp (Plain Spoken Tour) and Carlene Carter - DAR Constitution Hall



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Mon. 4-27

Dallas Black Dance Theatre at PG Publick Playhouse

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Tues. 4-28

Tribute to Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, & Steve Earle by DC musicians (Patty Reese, Jack Gregori & Human Country Jukebox and more) at Gypsy Sally’s



Spandau Ballet at the 930 Club

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Wed. 4-29

*Movie plus live Cambodian Music at AFI Silver Spring-"Don't Think I've forgotten-Cambodia's Lost Rock 'n' roll"

*Baksey Cham Krong* Considered the first Cambodian guitar band, Baksey Cham Krong formed in 1960 and began rocking their local high school in Phnom Penh with songs influenced by the Ventures and Cliff Richards and the Shadows. Soon they perfected a clean guitar sound, and guitar bands began to pop up all over the capital city. 
Three original members will perform, including singer Mol Kamach, lead guitarist Mol Kagnol and rhythm guitarist Samley Hong. 

*The Drakkar* In the late '60s, long hair and bellbottoms became all the rage in Phnom Penh. The Drakkar band brought their own mix of current Western influences, too, and created hard rock, Cambodian style. The Rolling Stones, Santana and Deep Purple were huge influences. 
Three original members will perform, including singer Tana, lead guitarist Touch Chhattaha and drummer Ouk Sam Art. 

*The songs of Sinn Sisamouth* The music of Cambodian pop’s most revered singer, who tragically disappeared during the Khmer Rouge era, will be sung by his grandson, Sinn Sethakol. 

*The songs of Ros Serey Sothea*- Chhom Nimol, the acclaimed singer from the modern band Dengue Fever, will sing

Omar Sosa Quarteto Afro-Cubano - Blues Alley (Two shows)

IrfanBilal & Mahmeet from Kashmir at Bossa

Hall & Oates at the Warner



War at the Birchmere

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Thurs. 4-30

Jazmine Sullivan at the Fillmore (r’n’b)



Rebellum, a Burnt Sugar Arkestra (Greg Tate group) offshoot led by vocalists Mikel Banks and Mazz Swift, performs selections from Brer Rabbit: The Opera ~ A Funky Meditation on Gentrification, free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and then later at Liv Nightclub on U St NW



Sheila E at the Howard

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  5-1

Charlie Musselwhite (harmonica), James Cotton (harmonica), and John Hammond (guitar) at Kennedy Center

Lila Downs @ GW's Lisner Auditorium
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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 4-2-DC Punk Archive benefit show @ Library; Liturgy; Horse Lords @DC 9; Reptar @ U St. Music Hall;  Coup Savage & Pleasure Curses @ MLK Library;  New Found Glory @ the Fillmore;  4-5- Olivia Neutron-John, Mal Devisa, the Spirit of the Beehive, and Luke Stewart at Milhouse ,453 Florida Ave NW; 4-6- Big Ups, Witch Coast, and the Black Sparks @ Comet Ping Pong; 4-7-Mathew E. White @ Rock n Roll Hotel; 4-8-Diarhea Planet @ Bl. Cat;  Mountain Goats @ 930; 4-10-Damaged City Fest @St. Stephens; 4-11-Jon Spencer @ Bl. Cat; Ting Tings @ 930; 4-15-Brokeback; Chris Brokaw & Warm Sun @ Comet Ping Pong; 4-16- Priests @ U St. Music H.; 4-17-Trans Am @ Metro Gallery; 4-18-Buzzcocks @ Metro Gallery; 4-20-Manic Street Preachers @ 930; Seoul & Ballet School@ DC9; *The Godz @ Galaxy Hut;  4-25-Jeff Rosenstock, Chumped, Qualm @ Comet Ping Pong; 4-26-Six Organs of Admittance @ DC9;  4-30-Beauty Pill @ Artisphere;



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